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  • An adult’s hands gently resting on the bare feet of a child, on a clean white sheet. The adult and child have brown skin, and the adult’s nails are painted coral.
    We come into consciousness in the middle of the story...
    Prayer | By Linda Hart | May 3, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Birth, Compassion, Family, Generations, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Parents, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A photo looking directly up into the Tiffany glass dome of the Chicago Public Library's Preston Bradley Hall. Seven concentric circles, each composed of thousands of blue or white panes of glass, surround the central chandelier, itself composed of hundred of translucent white panes of glass.
    A centering practice for meetings, gatherings or worship in person or online.
    Meditation | By Lauren Wyeth | April 4, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Connections, Contemplation, Immanence, Love, Mindfulness, Spiritual Practice, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Four Advent candles in a row in front of a deep black background. All four are lit. The third from the left is pink, and the others are purple.
    Prayers to be said on the four Sundays of Advent while lighting the Advent candle wreath.
    Prayer | By Elizabeth Mount | March 29, 2024 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Advent, Christianity, Hope, Joy, Love, Patience, Peace, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Water drips from a melting clump of ice on a small fir branch. The background is a blurry field of grey with a hint of green, possibly other trees.
    Turn toward the thaw, and turn toward the rebirth of spring with New Hope.
    Prayer | By Christin Green | December 13, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Despair, Gratitude, Hope, Love, Worry, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A woman waves a progress pride flag (a rainbow flag with additional concentric triangles in white, pink, blue, brown, and black) while standing near the top of a statue of the Three Graces in Montpellier, France. A second person, wrapped in a pride flag, stands nearby on the statue.
    May this flag inspire us to live with pride, to embrace our truths, and to unite in the face of adversity.
    Blessing | By Michelle Collins | December 12, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #LGBTQ, #LoveResists, #Pride, Anti-Oppression, Commitment, Equity, Gender, Identity, Justice, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Relationships, Solidarity, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • An elderly person with short curly white hair adjusts their glasses so they can wipe away tears with a tissue.
    May you be tender and gentle with yourself
    Prayer | By Katie Sivani Gelfand | September 13, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Brokenness, Disaster or Crisis, Grief, Love, Self-Care, Self-Respect, Stress, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • LEADER RESOURCE 2 Mural Image White Oak
    We are that, says a little acorn pointing toward an oak tree.
    Prayer | By Arif Mamdani | June 2, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Generations, God, Love, Transcendence, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • A white church amidst a graveyard, with clouds and mountains behind.
    Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love, we come today carrying our grief, our memories, and our love. We gather around screens and devices, reaching out with our minds and hearts to join in this most ancient of human customs: honoring one whom we loved who has died....
    Prayer | By Laura Horton-Ludwig | July 1, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Death, Grief, Love, Memorial Services
  • A person's torso and arms. They're holding out their forearms and hands, palms up, in a gesture of acceptance or receiving.
    Spirit of love and life, these are trying times, and sometimes we are at wits' end trying to figure out what to do. We have all this extra time, and we are busier than we have ever been....
    Meditation | By Rosemary Morrison | April 9, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Building Community, Grace, Gratitude, Health, Love, Spiritual Practice
  • A pair of bruised feet, in flip-flops, standing next to a crude homemade stove on coals, with debris in the background.
    God, teach us to consider also how others experience the world. To understand how my reality and their reality are different and yet they share qualities of the same core desire. Teach us to listen for shared feelings, for places of connection. Teach us to be curious and open to hearing differences.
    Prayer | By Tanya Cothran | September 11, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Christianity, Compassion, Direct Experience, Empathy, God, Healing, Imagination, Immanence, Love, Unity, Vulnerability
  • Red helium heart-shaped balloons float into a blue sky
    May we find love in this place: love in our hearts, love for the broken-down, love for the lonely, love for those yet to feel whole, love for those in-between, love for those out of our reach. May we find love, add love, and be love in this world. Amen.
    Prayer | By Laura Riordan Berardi | September 11, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Hope, Humanism, Interdependence, Love, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism
  • Red helium heart-shaped balloons float into a blue sky
    I was a foster parent long before I was a mom, and an inside look at families "in the system" reveals pretty quickly that love and parenthood are two different qualities, and the relationship between them is neither straightforward nor guaranteed....
    Meditation | By Lisa Doege | September 9, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Children, Love, Mothers, Parents, Relationships, Valentine's Day
  • A person, in silhouette, stands under the sheltered lip of a strong waterfall
    Spirit of Life, I have witnessed a loud love, an out-loud love, that challenges me. I did not recognize it at first— the rumble of an ocean I had long been under. But here it is right now and it looks just like the whole world could be. It doesn’t play nice; why should it when nice has only ever...
    Prayer | By Becky Brooks | September 9, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, God, Love, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds
  • From several stories above street level, a large fabric rainbow is carried between contingents at a Pride parade
    Blessed are the wanderers, Seeking affirmation. Blessed are the worshipers, Praying from closets, Pulpits, pews, and hardship. Blessed are the lovers of leaving – Leaving family and familiarity, Leaving tables Where love is not being served. Blessed are those who stay....
    Blessing | By HP Rivers | May 28, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Compassion, Diversity, Family, Gender, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Sexuality
  • A side view of a person, eyes closed, with their hands pressed together and brought to their face, as if in prayer.
    Spirit of Life I find you In those humble places. The quiet, still spaces where I am held in A love greater than myself. You are the wind in my breath; The fire in my soul; The subtle Heartbeat of creation all around me....
    Prayer | By Alex Jensen | May 27, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Arrogance, Brokenness, Caring, Commitment, Failure, Forgiveness, Generosity, Inclusion, Love
  • Several_lit_candles_black_background
    Ours is a spiritual community where we find and forge connection. We trust in the strength of our mutual support, knowing how it has sustained us, day after day, year after year. Today we hold in the light: _________ and we lift up: _________ Now you are invited to recall the names of persons or...
    Meditation | By Kelly Murphy Mason | March 27, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Compassion, Faith, Gratitude, Hope, Joy, Joys & Concerns, Love, Sorrow, Trust
  • A group of mourners walks across a cemetery green.
    Spirit of Life and Love: Under the vast spiral of time and space, surrounded by the simple blessings of a community of care and love, we carry these memories of (our beloved) with us back to the community and life they* loved. We pray: Grant us strength, wisdom, and thanksgiving....
    Prayer | By Joel Miller | March 3, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Death, Love, Memorial Services, Remembrance Day
  • Christmas_cookies_spices_coffee
    Spirit of Life On this night, may we bear witness to the guiding lights: the lights in the sky That call us to gather, and to give of ourselves To celebrate new life....
    Prayer | By Carter Smith | February 7, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Birth, Caring, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Community, Faith, Happiness, Hope, Love, Presence, Relationships, Transcendence
  • people in prayerful poses at GA 2017
    May we find the courage to revel in the experience of the mystery. May we approach the unknown with excitement (even if we can only muster a tiny bit). May we celebrate the curiosity that leads to searching. May we meet ourselves along the way and love us, unapologetically. Amen.
    Prayer | By Ali K.C. Bell | January 31, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Courage, Diversity, Faith, Intimacy, Love, Mystery, Relationships, Searching, Transcendence
  • Radiant_sky
    And so I bury my cauldron today I fill it full of salt and place it in the warm earth. Cradle it Persephone! Hold and rock and heal this womb. Take my woes and transform them. I was supposed to be this perfect gateway, and hold the balance of life and death. Well I held life, for a brief moment.
    Prayer | By Rebecka Clement | January 22, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Birth, Courage, Death, Grief, Healing, Letting Go, Love, Memorial Services, Mothers, Nature, Reverence